Quotes By Imelda Marcos

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.

I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.